Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرِ بْنُ قَتَادَةَ أنبأ أَبُو الْفَضْلِ بْنُ خَمِيرَوَيْهِ الْهَرَوِيُّ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا زُهَيْرٌ ثنا قَابُوسُ بْنُ أَبِي ظَبْيَانَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ قُلْنَا لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ أَرَأَيْتَ الْقَانِعَ وَالْمُعْتَرَّ؟ مَا الْقَانِعُ وَالْمُعْتَرُّ؟ قَالَ أَمَّا الْقَانِعُ فَالْقَانِعُ بِمَا أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْهِ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَالْمُعْتَرُّ الَّذِي يَعْتَرِيكَ
English Translation
Abu Nasr ibn Qatadah informed us > Abu al-Fadl ibn Khamirawayh al-Harawi > Ahmad ibn Najdah > Ahmad ibn Yunus > Zuhayr > Qabus ibn Abi Zabyan > his father, who said: We said to Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): 'What is al-Qani' and al-Mu'tarr?' He said: 'As for al-Qani', he is the one who is content with what you send to him in his house, and al-Mu'tarr is the one who comes to you.'